A great commencement address to a group of baby librarians by Dorothea Salo… Now, graduates, I want you to remember that misbehaving comes in all sizes. I’ve been talking about great big misbehaviors, but depending on what the policies are like where you work, giving a homeless person a library card, waiving a fine for […]
An interesting article about the ways that Facebook affects our thinking… We learn to see the present as a “future past” and focus on how we will document, and self-document, even as the events are transpiring around us. And what happens? It distracts us. In the process of tweeting, posting a Facebook status, choosing the right […]
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…is to say nothing at all. Let me explain what I mean… For the past couple weeks, I’ve walked Pace to a park near our house every evening. One of his classmates lives across from the park and is usually there playing already and, depending on the night, they could be the only two kids […]
Went to TEDxRegina yesterday and honestly, my thoughts on the afternoon, with a couple exceptions, are pretty much the same as my thoughts on the inaugural one in 2012. Perhaps because I usually cherry-pick the best TEDTalks when watching online, both years I’ve gone in expecting all TEDx talks will be stellar too. But honestly, […]
Went to TEDxRegina last year and am excited to be going again this year. Plus, unlike last year when I went on my own time, this year my employer is funding me plus a few other colleagues to attend. Yay! That is *exactly* what I was saying last year about how libraries need to ensure […]
Some good answers in this Quora question… There’s no better feeling than accomplishing a task today so you don’t have to do it tomorrow… “If it hurts, do it more.“ There are a whole raft of things that get easier the more often you do them. Like dishes: waiting until you’ve used all the plates and […]
So after spending a few hours at the lake yesterday, my dad, Pace and I went back into town. Dad bought a few things he needed at the local co-op including some candy as a treat for Pace. As we drove away, the sun was shining. Someone had a fishing shack painted with The Punisher […]
I’ve long been a believer that a happy workplace is a productive, engaged workplace. Now, it looks like Canadian business schools are starting to agree. From the Globe & Mail (with my own bolding of parts I found particularly relevant)… The business case for happiness in the workplace DELLA BRADSHAW Published Wednesday, May. 22, 2013 07:00PM […]
Sam Baker is an amazing songwriter I discovered while attending the Fred Eaglesmith Charity picnic in Alymer, Ontario in 2006. Part of what makes him so amazing is that he really shouldn’t even be here, having survived a bombing that killed three other people while riding on a train in Peru in 1986. That experience […]
